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China successfully cloned Tibetan goats
China cloned two living Tibetan goats from the somatic cells of adult goats, helping to prevent the highland cattle breed from degenerating.
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Biology
The first cloned mouse born from dead skin: The prospect of reviving prehistoric monsters
The groundbreaking experiment with mice successfully cloned from only frozen skin cells will pave the way for humanity's daring dream: Bringing extinct creatures back fr…
Health
Deciphering the reason why people often die at the age of 80
One study explains why humans usually die around the age of 80, while other mammals live much shorter or longer lives.
Scientific works
Creating human stem cells from chemical molecules
Chinese scientists have transformed human somatic cells back into pluripotent stem cells using chemical molecules.
Biology
Successfully cloned 8 North American wolves
The announcement of the local government of Gyeonggi Province in South Korea said the Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk successfully cloned the endangered coyotes.
Biology
Ancient mammoth resurrection by cloning
Scientists from Kinki University (Japan) announced that this year will start the mammoth resurrection program.
Biology
Scientists create almighty stem cells from pigs
Scientists have been able to stimulate cells from pigs to transform into almighty stem cells - cells, like embryonic stem cells, capable of developing into any type of c…
Medicine - Health
Can skin cells turn into eggs and sperm?
In 2007, Japanese biologists Shinya Yamanaka and Kazutoshi Takahashi said somatic cells could produce stem cells.
Medicine - Health
Improve the birth rate of cloned mice
Research by scientists from the Japan Institute of Physicochemical Research shows that if a mutant gene on the X chromosome works, the birth rate of a somatic cloned mou…